Ferdi's Musings

The Good Dinosaur (May 30, 2014)
Effects Supervisor
Supervising effects artists to create all effects in a feature animation film.

Brave (June 22, 2012)
Technical Development
Speed-ups and feature enhancements of volumetric rendering system.

La Luna (2011)
Effects Supervisor
Supervised effects, simulation, and matte painting technical directors.

Toy Story 3 (2010)
Sequence Lead, Simulation & Effects
Led technical directors to create simulations and effects in 7 sequences. Created effects in several shots, including in trash dump sequence.

Tokyo Mater (2008)
Effects Lead
Led effects artists to create effects for theatrical release of a Cars toon. Created effects in several shots, including oil tracks in half pipe sequence.

Wall-E (2008)
Effects Sequence Lead
Led effects artists to create effects in two sequences. Created effects in several shots, including reconship landing sequence.

Wall-E (2008)
Technical Development
Engineering and co-development of a volumetric rendering system. Developed a trash tower modeling tool.

Cars (2006)
Effects Artist
Created effects in several sequences, including the wrecked road sequence.
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The Incredibles (2004)
Effects Artist
Created effects using particle and fluid dynamics.
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The Incredibles (2004)
Technical Development
Research and development: dynamic wrinkle mapping and baked hair simulation. Software development: fracturing tools.
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